First-of-its-kind prisoner tally set to boost city data

Thousands of Maryland inmates were reclassified under a contentious law approved by Gov. Martin O'Malley in April that alters how prison populations are counted during the once-a-decade census. Maryland became the first state to decide that inmates should be considered residents of the...

Thousands of Maryland inmates were reclassified under a contentious law approved by Gov. Martin O'Malley in April that alters how prison populations are counted during the once-a-decade census. Maryland became the first state to decide that inmates should be considered residents of the... (Baltimore Sun photo by Kenneth K. Lam)

Thousands of Maryland inmates were reclassified under a contentious law approved by Gov. Martin O'Malley in April that alters how prison populations are counted during the once-a-decade census. Maryland became the first state to decide that inmates should be considered residents of the...